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LONG

2026-10-16 03:14:35

LONG rolls out AINX basket management, letting AI holders vote and earn fees

LONG, an RWA liquidity and token launch platform on Robinhood Chain, said it has launched AINX basket management. Under the setup, holders of AI can vote on what goes into the basket and receive fees generated from AINX market activity. LONG described AINX as an actively managed community basket that combines long and short positions on Lighter. Each cycle lasts seven days, and positions stay fixed throughout that period. Voting power is assigned based on the amount of AI held. LONG added that voters can claim fees by weight regardless of whether they voted for or against a proposal. The update outlines both the governance structure and the fee-sharing model tied to the AINX basket.

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LONGX

2026-10-10 05:49:04

LONGX launches actively managed baskets, with AI Nexus going long AI leaders and short QQQ

LONG, an RWA liquidity and token issuance platform on Robinhood Chain, said its protocol extension layer LONGX has launched a new product called Actively Managed Baskets. The structure lets the community hold economic exposure to leveraged long and short position combinations, packaged into spot ERC-20 tokens that can be traded in one click. The first basket, AI Nexus, is designed to go long what LONG described as AI leaders, including NVDA, AI and OPENAI, while shorting QQQ as a hedge against the broader tech sector. An accompanying image shared by the project showed long-side leverage of about 1x to 3x and 2x leverage on the short side, with support provided by Lighter. LONG also said the AI Nexus paired mode is already live on its platform. Separately, LongX plans to roll out a community-managed mode next week, under which basket composition will be decided by AI holders.

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Robinhood Cha

2026-10-05 14:01:02

Robinhood Chain Expands Beyond Tokenized Stocks as Analysts Focus on RWA DeFi

PANews, citing a 168X interview with independent on-chain researcher Alu, outlined a broadening thesis around Robinhood Chain only months after mainnet launch. Alu argued that the chain is no longer just about tokenized stocks. In his view, the more important shift is that stocks are starting to function as crypto-native, composable assets that can serve as quote legs, liquidity assets, collateral, and eventually inputs for lending, options, and other DeFi products. He said Robinhood Chain stands out because it combines a regulated brokerage entry point, retail distribution through Robinhood’s existing app and wallet, and a rapidly forming on-chain ecosystem that already includes Launchpads, stock-token pair trading, LP products, treasury structures, agents, memes, and new routing mechanisms. The interview also framed LONG and PONS as two different issuance models. LONG was described as an “internalized” system that keeps value on its own balance sheet, while PONS was presented as a broader issuance layer that outsources innovation to ecosystem teams. Alu said projects such as AI, SHROOM, HOOKR, UBIK, BUN, PAID, ZZZ, and AGI should be viewed through the lenses of liquidity, rules, routing, agent infrastructure, and new issuance design. His central claim was that the larger opportunity may sit beyond meme activity and early launch speculation, in a later phase where Robinhood Chain develops lending, options, collateral, and other RWA DeFi infrastructure around tokenized equities.

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Robinhood Cha

2026-10-05 14:06:09

Robinhood Chain’s next trade may be RWA DeFi, not just tokenized stock hype

MarsBit published a long-form market analysis from 168X focused on Robinhood Chain, with host Mr. Z interviewing independent on-chain researcher Alu. The discussion argues that Robinhood Chain’s edge is not limited to putting stocks on-chain. In Alu’s view, the bigger shift is turning stocks into crypto-native, composable assets that can serve as quote legs, liquidity venues, collateral, and building blocks for new financial products. The piece breaks Robinhood Chain’s appeal into three parts: Robinhood’s regulated retail distribution, the use of real-world assets as trading and liquidity legs, and the speed at which the ecosystem has expanded beyond basic DeFi into launchpads, stock-token pairings, hooks, agents, and cross-stock liquidity structures. It also contrasts LONG and PONS as two different launchpad models, one built around internalizing value and the other around outsourcing innovation to the broader ecosystem. The article then runs through a series of tokens and projects, including AI, SHROOM, HOOKR, BUN, PAID, UBIK, OPEN, ZZZ, and AGI. Alu’s broader conclusion is that the next major leg for Robinhood Chain may come from lending, options, collateral, and other RWA DeFi products, especially if tokenized stocks gain more rights and become fully usable on-chain assets rather than simple wrappers.

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Policy Regula

2026-10-04 03:32:00

On-chain market split puts PONS, Long and HOOKR on different tracks

PANews published a column by contributor Haotian examining what he described as an “alienated” phase in the on-chain market, using $PONS, Long ($AI), and $HOOKR as three representative cases. The piece argues that $PONS, a low-cost token launch platform with Pump-style traits, depends heavily on broader ecosystem tailwinds and can face selling pressure early in a bull cycle when weak liquidity hurts buyback data. Long, which is tied to a tokenized stock narrative and meme-driven trading, is described as having a weaker support base because tokenized equities currently serve only as one side of its quoted pairing, while market participation is still largely driven by meme momentum. By contrast, $HOOKR is presented as an outlier that has risen during a broader downturn, with the author pointing to Hooks-based design features such as anti-sniping tools, dynamic fees, auto-burn functions, LP revenue sharing, and compliance allowlists. The article says recent market volatility reflects thin liquidity and a narrow narrative structure, while arguing that modular Hooks infrastructure could support a healthier on-chain ecosystem over time, though that thesis still needs more time to be tested.

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Robinhood Cha

2026-10-03 04:48:09

Robinhood Chain Cools in September as Top Tokens Slide and Stock Token TVL Stalls

Robinhood Chain, one of the most talked-about public chains this summer, has lost momentum after a strong start following its July 1 launch. A market analysis cited by MarsBit says the slowdown is visible across the chain’s three largest native tokens — PONS, CASHCAT and AI — as well as in its daily network REV, which has fallen back to levels seen before the late-August and early-September surge. The report argues that the pullback matters because speculative onchain activity, especially meme-coin trading, has been closely tied to the growth of Robinhood’s stock-token segment. Robinhood stock token TVL climbed from $48 million on Aug. 30 to $140.6 million on Sept. 1, then largely flattened as trading activity cooled. By Oct. 1, TVL stood at $145.8 million, little changed from early September. The piece also points to a strong relationship between LONG trading volume and stock-token TVL during rising periods, with a 0.86 correlation on a seven-day basis. When LONG volume stopped rising or declined, that relationship dropped to -0.03. The conclusion is not that Robinhood Chain is finished, but that its next phase may still depend on the same speculative participation that helped bootstrap adoption in the first place.

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LONG

2026-09-21 06:05:38

LONG co-founder says team will keep building the ecosystem and stay focused on RWA pairs

LONG co-founder Nate said the team will continue building the LONG ecosystem and its community for the long term, regardless of changes in personal circumstances, macro conditions, or sharp market swings. He said the project will remain focused on real-world asset, or RWA, trading pairs and will not shift toward short-term narratives or other directions. Nate also described the LONG ecosystem as still being in its early stage. In his view, the industry should not stay confined to zero-sum competition across chains, ecosystems, or asset categories, but should pay more attention to bringing in new use cases and new users. On the product side, he said the team has completed improvements to the new version of the app experience. The updates include fixes related to the wallet and token list, as well as a new LONG PVE filtering function. According to his post, those changes are expected to go live in the near term.

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LONG

2026-09-21 06:00:37

LONG co-founder says app upgrade is near, with focus staying on Robinhood Chain and RWA pairs

LONG co-founder Nate said in a post on X that the team’s long-term direction has not changed despite personal matters, the macro backdrop, or declines in mainstream assets. He said the goal remains to build LONG into a platform that can operate across market cycles. According to Nate, Robinhood Chain is here for the long run and development on it will continue. He also said the team will stay focused on RWA trading pairs and will not branch into short-term side narratives, describing the project as one without “multiple narratives.” Nate added that the project is mission-driven and “cannot be easily killed,” while arguing that the industry remains stuck in zero-sum thinking. In his view, launchpad-style products peaked in 2024 and have struggled to expand since then because they compete too heavily for traffic and volatility instead of bringing in new use cases and new users. On product updates, he said the team has fixed issues related to the wallet and token list and has added a LONG PVE filter. An app upgrade is expected to go live soon, with more details due later this week.

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